| Show n Your 0 U r w n 7 t D I I LW bi C USEFUL AND BEAUTIFUL There is one old fashioned flower which every amateur gardener should use bountifully in his garden garden garden gar gar- den because It never fails to give a good crop of lovely flowers in long wiry stems perfectly exquisite Inthe Inthe In Ir the garden and extremely useful for cutting and arranging arranging- for house bouquets I am referring to the or mourning bride Its It's intriguing old fashioned name was really given to the variety which is so dark a maroon so velvety in texture that it appears almost bla k As though Mother Nature were really decking out a bereaved bride the white anthers of the very prominent prominent prominent prom prom- add still further to this mourning effect Another name for the is pincushion flower and you OU have only to look at the Illustration to today today today to- to day to see the significance of ot this The flower really does look like a fluffy nuffy pincushion stuck full of pins This is a most hardy annual and seeds might be bo sown at almost any time now out in the border for It can withstand some de degree ree of frost As always I large urge you to buy packages of seeds in III inthe the Ithe separate colors rather than in mixtures althou although h the colors ol of the seldom clash as the do 10 in many annuals But you can control the ultimate effect in your your garden so much better by the single color habit There is such a wide range of ot good colors too One may have in white lavender crimson crimson crimson crim crim- son salmon rose cream that borders borders bor bore ders on yellow and the rich deep color that is as near black as possible pos pos- sible In the new varieties the flowers lowers are larger than they used to be when grandmother grew them In her garden They may measure I almost two Inches across when well known Seed sown now or In Inthe Inthe inthe the next week should flower by July and will keep up the display until hard frost cuts them down Plants attain a height of ot almost three feet Besides these annual pincushion flowers Clowers we have a perennial sea sea- blosa which has been much Improved improved improved im Im- im- im proved lately through the addition of ot the Isaac House hybrids named for their originator These are certainly certainly among the finest plants anyone anyone any any- one may have in the garden and up to now have not been paid enough attention by the amateurs I The perennials have not the same range of color as the annuals but the principal shade in which they come a clear lavender-blue lavender is very lovely indeed There arc are severa several variations of the color some of them being almost true sky blue blueIn In the Isaac House hybrids the pins are arc not so much in evidence on the pincushion but to make up for or this the petals of the flowers are arc ruffled and frilled at the edges See Seeds s of the perennial may be sown now but of course you OU will ill not have flowers this year as you will from the annuals annual How However ever you will have fine large plants by next year all ready to start blooming in late summer and provided provided provided pro pro- vided you cut each flower head before it goes to seed the blossoms will continue opening for tor man many weeks QUERIES QUERIES A. A I L L. Salt Lake City writes Is there any an way I could move tulip bulbs bulb now v I planted them last st fall and thc they arc are doln doing fine but we are going to move and I certainly hate to leave them be behind be- be hind hint I enjoy enJo your OUr column very cry much It has help helped d me a lot with m my flowers Answer Answer Im Im I'm so glad you find help from this department Of course under ordinary circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances I say never dream of moving tulips now but in your case it seems proper to try Can you OU take talc up each eRch one or each group If you ou have planted them that way with a good big mass of earth so that the roots will not be disturbed at all Wrap each clod in paper or sacking during the moving mo and then hen if they are replanted as soon as possible and well soaked they will probably stand the major operation operation op op- op- op very well Its It's worth trying anyway |
